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  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  most votes after an unspecified amount of time would be declared the ... to be catapulted to the upper echelon of schools in the contest. Drexel ... . . . votes for MIT weren't being counted! It didn't matter where the votes were

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) Holy mathematics, Batman! Math at MIT, and why we need calculus to define volume.

  

  concise. We will be presenting a very recent version of the proof ... the figure being decomposed, then its dihedral angle will be π. We ... of power at the intersection of fields. It is valuable to be able to be

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  reflect this value. In short order, our decisions will be released and the inevitable armchair quarterbacking will begin. I don't begrudge the post ... , thought or uttered some portion of that phrase over the course of the past

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  will be able to find one. While the other things I've written may seem ... this is the only person that will be interested in you. That is not true ... , on the blogs. I am not used to being open about this kind of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

  So you might be looking at the CPW schedule and thinking...   ... since you guys will have a meal card! 2. Don't be afraid to randomly talk ... majority of attendees will be looking for friends, just like you! 3. Visit

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  being and fall down. you can't cheat sleep. it will find you and make you ... trying. this will take care of the "work" part. 5) you can always spare an ... multiple times and i promised i would write up a longer answer. the question

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2017 Transfer Decisions Will Be Released Today May the Fourth, and also your transfer decisions, be with you

  

  on their application. The emails will be sent late afternoon today, May ... Today we're releasing our decisions regarding transfer applicants who applied for admission for Fall 2017. Transfer applicants, unlike freshman

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Transfer Decisions Will Be Released Today May the Fourth, and also your transfer decisions, be with you

  

  on their application. The emails will be sent late afternoon today, May ... Today we're releasing our decisions regarding transfer applicants who applied for admission for Fall 2015. Transfer applicants, unlike freshman

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  student (they tend to be about how neat trees look right after rain in the ... across it, the more current will flow through, and the brighter it will ... through the bulb, it needs to be able to jump from one atom of metal to the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  hopes that they will be among the select few admitted. So let’s go back ... for all the children in the world, but I will give you my take on the ... priority is admitting enough students who can be successful. If the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  difficult concepts and brutal tests. It represented the final hurdle to being ... wanted to be a doctor -- which, at the time, was no longer a settled matter ... equilibria: even though something, on the microscopic level, may be in constant

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  , generally the best that it can aspire to be is a convincing counterfeit, which ... the “why” is because it will look good rather than because students are ... be the creators and innovators of tomorrow engage in pursuits today

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  . I would simply be better than the people around me, and it would prove ... November Rule. it only ends badly for you, and all the upperclassmen will ... . What would he think? Will he say anything to me the next time I see him

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  )convenient the accommodations are, you will not be happy in a dorm that doesn ... will be happy as long as you fit into the dorm. LOCATION: I lived in the ... one floor or lounge of a dorm, and it will be your family. Here are some

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  -690 5% From what you wrote you'd think being in the 700-740 range and being in the 750-800 range doesn't have much impact on your chance of ... whatever data we do release. If we released admit rate by state, it would be: The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  of cases, be willing to help you learn. Sidequest 8: Survive the ... , though, I generally know the number of the building that I happen to be ... internship/externship. I’m still working on this one. Hopefully, this will be

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  will find that you do have the strength to keep living, that you will be where you need to be, and that you will thrive. Don’t overanalyze the ... of studying in the US would be like, but we spoke in the offhanded

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  to be present in the now. You won't get the most out of college if you ... should be studying. The night before my freshman year psych final, my ... reading the post two days after I got to campus and swearing to live by it

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  to be reminded, it is that time of year: the time when tensions run ... when the time came, because who wouldn't be? My usual defense in this ... , how it would feel to be rejected so that the emotion wouldn't come as a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  that that future will potentially be taken away. Negative decisions don ... , because the initial news still stings for us. But we will say that, after ... heartbreaking it felt. We obsessed over MIT unhealthily to the point where going

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018